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An apartment block in Russia\u2019s southern city of Yeysk was ablaze after a military aircraft crashed into the residential area
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At least 13 people have now died after a Russian fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern Russian town of Yeysk, officials say.<\/p>\n

The two pilots of the Su-34 jet, on a training flight, ejected before it hit the building and caused a huge inferno.<\/p>\n

Rescuers revised the death toll after finishing their search of the rubble, Russia\u2019s emergencies ministry said. Three children were among the victims.<\/p>\n

The officials said 68 were rescued from the blaze in the nine-storey block.<\/p>\n

Nineteen injured people are being treated following the Monday evening crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to a report from the pilots, who jettisoned from the plane, the reason for the crash was a fire in one of the engines during take off,\u201d the Russian defence ministry said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the point where the Su-34 came down, in the courtyard of a residential block, the plane\u2019s fuel supply caught fire,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

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Debris from the plane littered a courtyard by the gutted apartment block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Footage has emerged apparently showing local residents trying to help one of the pilots, who can be seen lying on the ground with a parachute behind him.<\/p>\n

The port town of Yeysk lies near the eastern Ukrainian war zone, across the Sea of Azov from the devastated city of Mariupol.<\/p>\n

It has been used as a major training ground for Russia\u2019s naval aviation.<\/p>\n

Pupils from a nearby secondary school were among more than 360 people evacuated from the crash site, Russian media reported.<\/p>\n

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Part of the jet\u2019s undercarriage hangs from a gutted apartment<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Footage shared on social media showed flames pouring from an apartment block<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A local correspondent in Yeysk told Russia\u2019s state-run TV channel Rossiya 24 that two of the apartment blocks caught fire.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has ordered national and regional authorities to provide \u201call necessary assistance\u201d to victims of the fire.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case and sent investigators to the scene.<\/p>\n